CIO to CDO: A new role for Peter Radich

Peter Radich is the new chief digital officer at New Zealand Health Group, the country’s largest provider of home and community services, including home support, nursing, rehab and behavioural support.  Radich wraps up more than eight and a half years stint as CIO at Abano Healthcare Group. Radich led the migration of the group’s brands –…

4 tech recruitment trends to watch in 2020

Heading into a new decade, what are the standout trends in the technology space that is going to impact the skills in demand? Potentia shares four trends to prepare for: The answer lies in the computer Day-to-day business decisions are becoming increasingly data-backed.  The contemporary approach to constructing design, services and products (and more recently…

Technology and trust run in parallel at NZ Police

“We are very clear…there is no such thing as status quo here. We have to keep looking into the future.” For Mark Evans, deputy chief executive, service delivery at NZ Police, this perspective is important as ICT is increasingly becoming a critical component of policing. At the recent Technology for Transformation (T4T) Summit in Wellington,…

5 data analytics investments worth the hype

Few disruptive technologies have been accompanied by as much hype as analytics. For nearly a decade, data analytics and business intelligence (BI) have been top priorities for IT investment, and while many analytics investments have driven real value, it isn’t always easy to discern which innovations will lead to productive results and which will be…